Infrastructure

howto://bulk check-in files in SharePoint

2011-06-07

Since I get asked about checked out files once a week, and can never quite remember how to check them in, here’s a quick article on how to bulk check-in files that you have checked out, whether it’s because you copied them up using the WebDAV path, or because that’s the default behaviour for your document library.

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WordPress 3.1.3 addresses security issues

2011-05-26

Hello again everyone, if you are using WordPress, you are going to want to update to the latest release, 3.1.3. If you are still running a blog on a 2. train version, please consider updating this time. Several issues have been fixed, the dashboard in 3 is great, and unless you are still running Windows [...]

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howto://shape traffic on tmg 2010

2011-05-23

TMG 2010 does a great job of securing your network, and can exercise very precise control of internal users’ access to the Internet when it comes to ports and protocols, file access, etc., but unfortunately it cannot do anything to control bandwidth consumption. Whether you call it traffic shaping, bandwidth restrictions, rate limiting, or speed [...]

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howto://add the telnet client to windows

2011-05-18

Seeking the telnet client in recent versions of Windows? Look no further, here is how we do it.

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and you cannot handle (back) pressure

2011-05-15

You might think you have enough resources available, but Exchange 2010 may have other ideas.

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howto://map a drive to sharepoint

2011-05-10

If you have ever needed to move a lot of files up to a document library on a SharePoint server, or diff a library to a network directory to make sure everything was transferred, or post things to SharePoint using a script, then you probably wanted to map the SharePoint site as a drive. Having [...]

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Apparently I’m twelve years old

2011-05-03

Here’s how you can change the display for most HP printers. And hilarity ensued.

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Message in an email…fail

2011-04-15

Got a client who suddenly cannot play voicemails from a Unified Communications system? Here’s the fix.

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howto://change the NAT address on TMG 2010

2011-04-12

Need to change the external address your users’ traffic is NAT’d to on TMG 2010? Here’s the how to.

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howto://use Windows 2008 on your laptop

2011-03-30

If you have tried to install Windows 2008 on your laptop and run into a brick wall getting wireless working, here’s a quick tip. YMMV but this has worked for me on a couple of different Dell’s and an Acer, even when using 2008R2 (which is of course 64bit only) so it’s good enough to [...]

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Ask and ye shall receive

2011-03-28

When I first wrote my open letter to Steve Jobs, it was with very little expectation that anything would come of it. Sure, it got some attention in the blogosphere, and a decent amount of traffic, but it’s not like Steve emailed me back. However, something better happened.

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howto://print to file without specifying a path each time

2011-03-21

In troubleshooting some printing problems, I found myself needing to set up a printer that was a print to file. We wanted to see the PCL settings to figure out why a job would occasionally try to go to the manual feed tray, but that is another story for another post. To set up a [...]

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